After not catching a touchdown since Week 9, Daniels had two scores in the first half. The first was a 21-yard completion in the first quarter, and the next was a 12-yarder in the second, which made the score 14-6.

With just a point separating the teams, Manning flung a jump ball in Sanders’s direction. He made a leaping grab over the New England's Malcolm Butler.

Broncos stop Patriots twice on fourth down

Down eight with just over six minutes to play, Denver made a critical stop on fourth-and-one. Brady faked the handoff to the right, then threw it back to the left. The Broncos swarmed Julian Edelman, bringing him down behind the line of scrimmage.

The second stop was a fourth-and-six with 2:24 left in the game. Brady tried to find tight end Rob Gronkowski in the end zone, but the pass fell incomplete.

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Gronkowski catches a 40-yard pass on fourth-and-10

On fourth down at midfield with 1:34 remaining in the game, Brady lobbed a pass down the middle to Gronkowski, who hauled it in for a game–saving first down.

Patriots score a touchdown with 12 seconds left

Brady threw his only touchdown pass of the day to Gronkowski from four yards out. This set up a two-point conversion to tie the game.

Two-point conversion stop sends Broncos to Super Bowl

Brady's pass was tipped and then intercepted by Denver defensive back Bradley Roby, sending the Broncos to the Super Bowl for the second time in three years.

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